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SERVICES
In 2021/2022 the service helped an estimated 2,604 people.
Information & Advice
Service
Our Information & Advice Service provides free, confidential and independent information and advice to older people and their relatives, friends and carers.
Our small team of six advisers offer one-to-one support that enables older people to find solutions
to matters that are worrying them or affecting their health and financial wellbeing. We can usually help directly, but if not, we can signpost you to someone who can. Our advisers help people claim benefits such as Attendance Allowance, Pension Credit and Carer’s Allowance. We support people to make the best decision for themselves; this can involve little things or major life changes.
Age UK Northamptonshire provides this service free of charge, but we do welcome donations, as this helps us to provide the service to others in the county. Our advisers are always pleased when someone they have been helping makes a successful claim for a benefit and receives a back payment of several thousand pounds.
At the moment, many of our clients are struggling to cope with rocketing fuel bills caused by the energy crisis and we can supply information guides and factsheets on a wide range of topics such as energy advice and support, care homes, Wills, Power of Attorney and money management.
Visit www.ageuknorthants.org.uk to find out more or call us on 01604 611207.
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Money
Management
Support and
Appointeeship
These two services offer a range of expertise to help older and vulnerable people. This could be people with or without mental capacity who require assistance with their property and financial affairs. This could
be tasks such as helping to open post and organising paperwork, cash collections or helping you to arrange the clearance and sale of your property if you have decided to move into full time care.
Age UK Northamptonshire can be legally appointed to manage your property and financial affairs if you have a temporary or permanent mental impairment that requires you to be assisted in this manner.
This could either be under a DWP appointeeship, appointed under a Lasting Power of Attorney or applying to the Court of Protection to become a deputy.
We are also able to offer a consultation to help families and friends navigate the difficult area of funding care whether it be necessary now or in the future.
The aim of the Money Management Support and Appointeeship Service is to make sure that whether a person requires a small amount of help or complete management of their financial affairs, that they receive an excellent and attentive
service.
For more information on this
service call 01604 611200 or see our website www.ageuknorthants.org.uk
Denise can help with setting up direct debits and cash collections